I demonstrate how not to drive
There were cars everywhere as people went about their business, all of this was completely normal to them, but this was so weird for us. We had never seen anything like it, the buildings were so big and everyone looked very professional and serious. We parked and walked out into the noise and the smell. You could hear people shouting and the sound of dozens of cars and the smell of food and exhaust fumes, it was so loud. We ran across the road, trying not to get hit by a car and getting yelled at by numerous people, I had to get to somewhere more open. We walked through the crowded streets, laughing and looking like complete weirdo's when we were amazed at everything. We heard music and paused, heading towards a stage that wad in the middle of a park, people were crowded around it. "Anyone want to show off your skills then now's your chance." They guy if stage yelled, we ran to the front.
"We'll do it." I yelled up at him, he smiled and nodded; we climbed on stage and after a brief argument decided on what we were going to play. I held the microphone stand in my hand, enjoying the feeling, the intro to misery business played from the speakers. This was what we would miss, being able to play, whenever one of us was upset or angry we only had to play something and everyone would be fine because we would get lost in the music, whether we were playing or dancing. Music connected us, the one thing we had to thank Apollo for, although we would never admit it. We finished the song and jumped off stage, we had gathered quite a few people during our song and the guy we saw before got back on stage.
"Well," He said, obviously not expecting us to be as good as we were. "They were amazing weren't they?" People cheered. "Wow, anyone else want to give it a go?" Another group got on stage and we walked away, happy for the first time since we had gotten onto the surface. After another brief argument we decided that we should go back before we got in even more trouble than we would already be in.
"Although," Darius said, with yet another plan to get us killed. "We're already going to get killed when we go back because Chiron probably already knows, so why not milk it for a while." We had to practically drag him back to the car which is easier said than done considering he is a lot bigger and stronger than us, even with the three of us pulling him. I put my foot down and we hurtled down the road towards camp, weaving in and out of traffic and receiving a lot of abuse because of it, rain began to pour from the sky and I cursed at Zeus. Thunder and lightning erupted across the sky, something appeared in front of the car, I slammed on the brakes and skidded across the asphalt before coming to a stop, rested my head on the steering wheel and wrenched my hands out of their position, my knuckles aching from holding on so tight. I slowly climbed out of the car into the rain to confront the man who was standing in front of me.
"You were in my dream." I said, he laughed. "No wait, sorry, why are you standing in the middle of the road?" Thunder boomed through the clouds. "Yes I get that you are annoyed at me." I screamed at the sky, the man laughed again. "Wait, your Apollo." I said and he nodded; I glared at him turned back to the car.
"You're just going to walk off? That's all I get after getting soaked?" He called after me; I turned around to face him.
"What do you expect? More importantly what do you want?" I growled, lightning flashed.
"I just want to talk." He said, acting like he had done nothing wrong. I cursed at him in as many different languages I could think of, he remained silent throughout my rant, and lighting struck the ground next to me.
"You missed." I yelled at the sky, light shone behind me and I felt faint, I could feel myself falling and I hit the ground before I could stop myself. I couldn't move, I just laid there while Darius, Irene and Alec ran to me then everything went black. Thankfully I didn't have another dream, but when I woke up it felt like I was in a nightmare. I was in the infirmary, everyone was looking at me funny and it took a few minutes before I could stand up. I walked out of the infirmary and started to head towards my cabin.
"Hey," I turned as Irene caught up with me. "Chiron wants to speak with you." I nodded and she led me to the big house where Chiron was standing outside with a face like thunder. I skipped up to him and smiled.
"Come with me." He said in a tone that meant he wasn't in the mood for me to mess about and that I was going to die. I flashed Irene a panicked look and she mouthed 'good luck' as I disappeared into the big house. "You disobeyed me." He said, I sighed in relief.
"Wait, you're annoyed about that?" He nodded and looked confused. Before he could ask what else I had done Dionysus stormed in looked furious, grapes vines curled around my neck and cut off my air.
"You cursed at Apollo in seven different languages!" He yelled, the vines around my neck tightening, I grasped at my throat, trying to get the vines off. "He might not kill you for it but I will." Chiron stepped forward, flames engulfed my body and the vines disintegrated, I fell to the floor gasping for breath as Darius ran in.
"What you think that if a God cones up to us we're just going to be fine with it?" He helped me to my feet and I leant on him while I was still trying to breathe normally. "Just because we're forced to be decent to you doesn't mean that we will do the same for anyone else, especially when they appear in the middle of the road."
"Darius this isn't helping." I said, he looked down at me and smiled, I turned to Dionysus. "Dionysus, I know that what I did was wrong and I'm sorry. As long as we're here we will be respectful to the Gods. We don't want to start another war, or die. Though it would probably be the latter, or both." Dionysus nodded to us and we scarpered out of the door as fast as we could.
